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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Tilden Junction (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Tilden Junction. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Tilden Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Tilden Junction: Tilden Jct. (or less commonly used: Tilden Jctn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Tilden Junction is located in Polk County.

To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Grand Forks (ND) & Traill (ND).

Below are the counties that are near Tilden Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tilden Junction:

  • Polk County     (The home county of Tilden Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden Junction, with the one closest to Tilden Junction listed first.
    • Dugdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Dugdale is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
    • Mentor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Melvin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Melvin is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Gentilly
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gentilly is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Fertile
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Erskine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Beltrami
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Beltrami is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Crookston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Shirley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Shirley is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Winger
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • McIntosh
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Euclid
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Euclid is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
  • Mahnomen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden Junction, with the one closest to Tilden Junction listed first.
    • Bejou
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Mahnomen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Norman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden Junction, with the one closest to Tilden Junction listed first.
    • Rindal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rindal is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
    • Flaming
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Flaming is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
    • Gary
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Ada
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Ada is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <1>
    • Shelly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Shelly is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
    • Faith
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Faith is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
    • Twin Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Twin Valley is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
  • Pennington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden Junction, with the one closest to Tilden Junction listed first.
    • Saint Hilaire
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
    • Thief River Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Red Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden Junction, with the one closest to Tilden Junction listed first.
    • Red Lake Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Brooks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Dorothy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
    • Plummer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
    • Oklee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tilden Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Tilden Junction.

Cemeteries Near Tilden Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tilden Junction.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Tilden Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tilden Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tilden Junction, with the one closest to Tilden Junction listed first.

  • Hitterdal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Maple Bay Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Our Saviors Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Maple Bay Free Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • First English Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Faith Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Lawrence Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Maple Lake Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hafslo Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (147 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

While we didn't find Tilden Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tilden Junction.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Tilden Junction, with the one closest to Tilden Junction listed first.

  • Dugdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dugdale is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
  • Benoit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Benoit is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
  • Maple Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Bay is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
  • Mentor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Melvin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Melvin is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
  • Gentilly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gentilly is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
  • Burwell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Burwell is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
  • Fertile
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Erskine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Beltrami
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Beltrami is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Rindal
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rindal is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
  • Crookston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Winger
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Shirley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Shirley is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • McIntosh
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tilden Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tilden Junction.

Newspapers Published in Tilden Junction ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tilden Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tilden Junction, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tilden Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Tilden Junction:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tilden Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tilden Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.